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QUESTION: Is the cost of monthly rental parking for private automobiles for parole and probation officers an expense properly chargeable against public funds?

SUMMARY: Although the operations of the Parole and Probation Commission may be somewhat benefited thereby, the renting of permanent automobile parking spaces by the commission for certain employees thereof who drive their automobiles to work is primarily of personal benefit to the employees involved and is an unauthorized expenditure of public funds. It is a fundamental rule that public moneys may be expended only for public purposes.…